Tra từ cold - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

cold UK [kəʊld] US [koʊld] adjective [ colder coldest ]

LOW TEMPERATURE

1. <E > at a low temperature, especially when compared to the temperature of the human body, and not hot or warm
• a cold day/house
• cold food/water
• cold hands
• cold weather
• My feet are so cold.
• It's freezing cold today.
• You'll feel cold if you don't wear a coat.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cold ↑Snow and ice

• It's very cold so put a jumper on.
• "I'm cold." "Shall I close this window?"
• A blast of cold air hit him as he opened the window.
• We spent the day on the beach but it was too cold to go swimming.
• I had a cold chicken breast and salad for lunch.

UNFRIENDLY
2. not showing kindness, love or emotion and not friendly
• His handshake was cold, and his eyes lifeless.
• He stared into her cold blue eyes.
• She would never feel welcome in this city with its cold, unsmiling inhabitants.
• The school was a cold, unwelcoming place.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Not being friendly ↑Not saying much ↑Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour ↑Not showing or feeling emotions ↑Controlling emotions
Idioms: Cold hands, warm heart ▪ You're getting colder ▪ cold as ice ▪ cold comfort ▪ get cold feet ▪ give somebody the cold shoulder ▪ in cold blood ▪ in the cold light of day ▪ pour cold water on something
Derived: coldness

noun

ILLNESS
1. countable a common infection especially in the nose and throat which often causes a cough, a slight fever and sometimes some pain in the muscles
• I've got a cold.
• She caught a cold at school.
• UK informal Don't come near me - I've got a stinking/streaming cold (= extremely bad cold).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Colds and flu ↑Fevers and infectious diseases

LOW TEMPERATURE
2. only singular or uncountable cold weather or temperatures
• Don't stand out there in the cold, come in here and get warm.
• Old people tend to feel the cold (= feel uncomfortable in cold temperatures) more than the young.
• My feet were numb with cold.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cold ↑Snow and ice